Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 13:37:03 -0700 From: Joe <joe@xxxxxxxxxx> To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Applications Hang Reply-To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx edwarner99@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 10:00:21 -0700 >From: Joe <joe@xxxxxxxxxx> >To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: Applications Hang >Reply-To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >edwarner99@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > >>I used top and dmesg before everthing slows, but >>nothing out of the ordinary shows. CPU idle is around >>95%-98%. Most messages in dmesg is from packets being >>dropped by my firewall. >> >>The hardware I'm running is a AMI MB with a 800Mhz >>Intel PIII, 1GB ram, floppy, CD, hard drive, >>SoundBlaster card, two NIC's, both are Netgear >>FA311--that's it. >> >> >> >hmm nothing out of the ordinary - I had one >set of rh 9 boxes that would segfault and not >run some common commands, and one set >that had no problems. Just doing a rough diff >between the sets showed that the working set >had packages from freshrpms, while the bad >et had packages from... er - a different place. > >Just out of curiosity, are you running a stock >rh 9 kernel, or self-compiled? Is your system >up to date? > >BTW which version of java are you running? > >Also, you mentioned mozilla 1.3 - does the box >have problems with mozilla 1.2 from redhat, or >with the 1.4 from rawhide? (does the problem >happen always when using mplayer, or when >using mozilla, or a combination, or at random? > >Joe > > >I am running a stock kernel and it is up to date. > >I did find the following error file called >hs_err_pid9109.log. > >An unexpected exception has been detected in native >code outside the VM. >Unexpected Signal : 11 occurred at PC=0x42073770 >during VM shutdown >Function=__libc_free+0x70 >Library=/lib/tls/libc.so.6 >#The exception above was detected in native code >outside the VM ># ># Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM >(Blackdown-1.4.1-01 mixed mode) > Ah, so you're not using the 1.4.2b jvm - That's one area in which we differ - also I've been using netscape 7.02 - >I'm only using mozilla 1.3. The problem is random. >Where do I start to look for the problem? > Without seeing a process listing when the symptoms are occuring it will be difficult. The signal 11 is commonly a sign of bad RAM - you may want to run memtest86 for some hours and see if it turns up any problems. Joe I took your suggestion and ran memtest86 for 8 hours. Nothing turned up. I rebooted my system and got back into that "hang" mode. This time I booted into KDE instead of GNOME. I tried to open gedit twice and open office twice. Waited for 40 minutes but neither of them opened. This morning, I take a look and all instances have opened on my screen. I know you said that without a process list it would be difficult, but there has to be some way to trace what's happening here. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
